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The suburban loft
If we needed another signal of the demise of the urban loft, it has arrived. A development in a suburb of Denver is experimenting with the suburban...
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Public squares around the world
NOTE: The Spacing Wire will be posting only occasionally throughout the next week — The Editors Probably the best North American resource for...
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Local Government
Former Mayor of Toronto and Eye magazine city columnist John Sewell is running an interesting web site devoted to local government...
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Stay Connected
Patrick Evans writes in the Toronto Star about a Statistics Canada report connecting strong community feelings with health and longevity. The article...
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Kensington Market Festival of Lights Tonight
Come celebrate the spirit of light in Kensington Market on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:00pm-. Light up the longest and darkest night of the year at the...
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Knit graffiti
There is a new type of graffiti that should catch on here in Canada — knit graffiti. A Montrose, Texas crew, calling themselves Knitta, are yarn...
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Honk if you like to walk
Jose Lourenco sounds off for pedestrians in the Toronto Star by asking the simple question: Cars get horns, why can’t the rest of us? The results of...
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Macroscopes
Yesterday’s Toronto Star had two stories that reminded me of John Thackara’s macroscope idea: A macroscope is something that helps us see what...
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Walking News
The City of Toronto has a program in place to add sidewalks on both sides of all arterial and collector roads in Toronto (not local roads). The work is...
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No strike, but they don’t use it….
Unlike NYC, the TTC is working fine, so I found a “story” on CityNews (what was wrong with the old CityPulse name — it was cool) last...
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New York City transit strike
If you haven’t heard, New York City’s transit system was shut down at 3am today by a union strike. Nealy 7 million people are walking, biking...
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Parkour video
The phenomena known as Parkour has been catching on like crazy lately [ read Jim Munroe’s article from Spacing Spring/Summer 2004 issue ]. It can be...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered